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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

The new stock law enacted By the lasl
Legislature makes Il the duty Of the Su.
pervisors 70 take up and impound al|
stock that Il found upon the public high.
ways, and In case Of failure Or neglect ol
this duty they are liable 70 . heavy hne
Il is no matter whether the stock has on.
|ly broken from an Enclosure or has been
Intentionally turned upon the commons
it, presence on the roads without the
owner is sufIicient to warrant the Su.
pervisor In taking Il into custody and
holding Il until the fines imposed are
fully paid. The right TO allow stock 10
run ct large on the highways has been
greatly abused. Farmers have been put
TO great trouble and expense in fencing
their enclosures effectually against COW
or two that some one was pasturing up
on the roads. Every man was CON 2elled
to keep his gates constantly closed and
barred lest drove Of hogs or flock Of
sheep should raid bis premises. 1t was
this that made the people call for . stock
law. The last legislation upon this sub
jcct IL the most severe and Elective Of
any yet passed, and, as might be expect.
ed, is not giving universal satisfaction.
The man who has horse or : COW to
keep and no pasture thinks II IN out.
rage to be compelled to keep Il up In .
dry pen while the road aides are covered
with high grass and his immediate
neighbors enter no protest against hia
stock running out, and others think Il
equally unjust stock that has broken oul
or left on the roads BY accident should
be run In and held for dnes. Under the
new law the supervisor is compelled to
take up stock whether there 10 any com.
plant made or not. While the law may
be too severe, il makes sure thing and
leaves no loop-hole through which the
transgreesor may crawl out.
Whether or not this law 70 Just one,
or whether Il Is what Il ought to be, Il IL
better to abide by II than 70 disregard II
All who have been disposed TO make the
test have found, after being subject to
heavy costs, that Il will stand. II IL .
law Of the State and will be enforced.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

An Indiana farmer, Who told hIs boye
10 burn every humble bees' nest they
found on the farm, and who Was oom-
plaining at the failure of bis clover seod
crop, was surprised when Maurico
Thompson, the naturalist said: THAT
ie Why your clover seed fails you. Bum
ble-beee make your clover seed" II 10 Z
fact that strong nest of bumble- bees IL
= big clover 6eld u worth twenty dol
lars 20 The owner; for these insects are
the chief agents in S6Ptilixing the blos-
soms. thereby insuring heavy crop Of
seed. In Australia there are no bum
ble-bees Of our kind, and they could mot
raiss clover seed there until they i'm
ported come.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

A Asupsr-renned young lady entered an
uptown dry goods store, the other day,
and asked to Be shewn some sdignifsrs.S Y
The door walker started up the aielo 10 :
complete state or bewildermens q 20
what she wanted. AZ length hs pluckGd
up courage enough 70 request the fAir
customer 70 be little moro explicit q
he was ignorant Of what she meant By
@diguiflor.1 With Z look Of scorn che
replied, "Bustles, SIR
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

One Of the favorits pastimes IL Texas
is alleged % b throwing eggs at : dar.
keys head. The negro sticks bic head
through hole In sheet, fixed between
two post; three eggs are sold 20 the
marksman for 10 cents, and II be hits the
head ho gets 81. The darkey has the
privilege Of dodgiDg, and . rarely bit.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

Tom Corwin had m enormous mouth.
which, when opened, was y huge e -
alligators. He once said be bad been In
eulted BY Deacon Smith. The good
brother asked for further explanation.
"Well,' 4 said Corwin, "when I stood %
at the lecture-room TO relate my expert
|ence, and l opened my mouth, Deacon
Smith rose up in 'front.' and said, sWill
some brother please close that window
and keep il closed PIX.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

In England. crackers are called biz
cults, and biscuit rolls Syrup is treacle !;
: pie 10 . tart pitcher Z jug, and Z
bureau chest Of drawers. 4 dry goods
store a habsrdssher's . drug store :
chemists, and vegetable store : green
grccer's. Rare meat Il always UNDER
done: and stubs q check-bosks are coun-
torfoila.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

Nr. George Aydelotte, Who lives on
the Kentucky eide Of the river opposite
Sugar Grove. has struck natural gas On
his farm and was In Louisville Monday
making arrangements 70 have &c plped
into the family residence 10 Be Used for
fuel and lighting. IN. A. Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03
Cheaper to Fence Stock in.

Tie fences Of the United States repre-
sent money value just about equal to
the national debt or TO the value OF al
the farm animate they are built to keep
out Of fields. The annual repair bill is
t200, 100000 One-half this vast sum
could be saved II our laws required the
Owners Of animals 20 keep them fenced
n instead Of requiring everybody to keep
them out Of felda.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

The state auditor has sent circular %
lths county auditors conveying the IN
formation that, owing TO tho failure OF
the last general assembly to provide
therefor, the state house levy or two
cents has been discontinued, and e must
not b placed upon the tax duplicate Of
1851.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

Henry A. Thorpe, the defauItinR
Trustee Of Morgan township, Harrison
county, who issued Pollard ordersn 20
the sum Of $4,000 or more and then
fed to Canada, Is now citizen OF Louis
vile, working st his trade a. stone cut
tor. He says he was duped and swin-
died 0ut Of the profits OF bis ftaudulont
scts By Pollard and others.- =. Led-
gar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

The total number OF railroad accidents
In Germany last year was 2,176. The
number Of persons killed or died within
twenty.four hours after the accident
was 476.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03


wsSAi,ssss Dsily Gazette.
We print below copy Of letter re-
|ceived BY Joaeph CabeI from President
Barnard:
s-Jos. Csbel, Esq, Washington, Ind:
Dear 6ir-I do not know what the peo-
PIE Of Warrington are doing towards
providing houses for q. = y. employees
who will be likely to want houses, - far
as We can Judge, 8 The beginning Of the
winter. Here at vincennes and Coch-
ran among mechanics and engineers ere
334 married men. II h supposabls thal
most Of them will want email houses "a
live iu. Will the people Of Washington
probably provide for theml
Yoars truly,
J.E BAnNARD,
Pres. and Genl. Aanager.S
This letter but emphasizes the need oi
houses. Houses are already insufficient
TO supply the demand. Not : vacant
one is in the city. One could not new
be rented, for al are occupied. De-
msnds made to-day for houses cannot b
supplied. Many are building, but peo-
pie are on the spot 70 rent them as soon
as done. How. then, unless . large
number Of new ones be built can the
334 men with famiiies working in the
shops be accommodated? These 334
men are not al who will want houses.
The influx Of families TO engage In other
branches Of business will be great. They
must have houses. These must - built.
The sooner the better.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

0fardv7su NsnItor.
Tho Cleveland Medical Society ex.
PEELED doctor for agreeing 70 tako no
pay Il he did not eject . cure. Such
practice would reduce The profs,sioa o
poverty.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

ArEs Ov ADvERrysEIN0.
ror square, 10 lines or less, l week, 81 CO
Each subsequent insertion, rs cts.
Longer advertisements At the same rate,
A fraction over even square or squares,
counted as square. These are the terms
for transient advertisements; rcasona-
bic deduction will be made to regular
advertisers.
Notices OF appointment Of admins
rators and legal notices Of like character
to be paid in advance.
ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.
For Township Ohicers, each tl.o0
For County 2.6O
For District, Circuit, or State. 500
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


There are eighteen thousand 70.
male students in the colleges Of this
country.
Great hearts alone understand
how much glory there is in being
good. Niehelet.
Since 1870 the attendance at The
elementary schools of England has
doubled. and the number Of teachers
moro than trebled.
All Saints Memorial Church. In
New Midford. Conn.,. is to be lighted
by electricity. It is said to be the first
Episcopal church in the United States
to be thus lighted.
The direc tors Of the University of
Pennsylvania have raised q fund Of
$50. 900 for the erection of q classical
theater. The building is to be used not
only for dramatic purposes. but a. =
place for holding commandments.
classical concerts, lectures. etc.
DIR. G. p. jenkins, of Southeast
Indiana conference. has been elected
president of Moore's Hill College. and
has accepted the position. He 10
spoken of as . scholarly. Christian
gentleman. with recognized ability
both in the school-room and pulpit"
~ W Christian Advocate.
The announcement that the union
of the Engineering College of Japan
with the University of Toxic was to
result in dispensing with the service OF
foreign instructors in the united insti-
buttons turns out to have been errOne-
Gus. Six Europeans have recently been
appointed to professorships.-M Y
Ledger.
Before leaving for Europe this
summer q prominent member of the
Hanson Place Church, Brooklyn. paid
his subscription (not yet due) to the
church debt, his pew rent for the quar-
ter, all his envelope contributions till
his expected return, and left with one
of the deacons five dollars for each Of
the communion offerings during his abb
sence.-N y Witness.
AHC O"CA WACAuuS 0cutiuCut "a
the teachers convention set in the
direction of Christian truth, and Chris
tian methods, and Christian aims.
Materialism. atheism. infidelity, agnOs
ticisn, are clearly at discount in the
estimation of a large number of our
educators. It is one of the shining
tokens of the time that there are SO
many in this great body of teachers
whose influence is simply measureless,
who feel that they can not get on
without personal faith in personal
GOd.-Adr0nce.
"A cable dispatch announces tho
death, at Jaffna. Ceylon. of Susan
Reed. wife of Rev. w. w. Rowland.
for forty-two years missionary of the
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions in that field. Mrs
Rowland graduated at Mt. Holyoke
Seminary in 1889, and was a teacher
there until her marriage in 1S45. She
leaves six children. The death of the
oldest son. Rev. w. S. Rowland, and
his wife, at Auburndale, Mass. re-
Gently. undoubtedly fastened hex
death.-United Presbyterian
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
THE CIGARETTE MANIA.


Frequent ADp1Ssatlsa - Ulokosy tho Deoo
RsDeay Gse tAe Dessase
"A tobacco heart and . congested
brain!" The phrase is growing pain
fully familiar to the readers of papera
Whenever they see an account of the
sudden death Of a boy they anticipate
what is coming. They know only too
well that when they read it they will
find that the victim was addicted to
cigarette smoking. and the deadly
habit undermined his constitution.
So alarming is the evil that anti-to-
bacco societies have been organized to
suppress it.
Now, this IS misdirected energy. II
amounts to about the same thing As
beginning at the wrong end. A gener-
alton or two ago plain American fathers
and mothers did not entertain the fam
ciful idea that the state should take
charge of every body's education, NOR
ais and habits They believed that it
was their duty to keep an eye on their
boys. and in cases of misbehavior they
resorted without conjunction to a
tough hickory or barrel stave. Thirty
or forty years ago if a Georgia father
had been told that his sixteen-year-old
boy was in danger of having a tobacco
heart and congcsted brain from the
smoking of cigarettes, he would have
rushed the youngster out into the back
yard and sailed into him with q stick.
In those days people didn't appeal to q
society or the Legislature when their
boys went wrong. They simply made
. family affair of it and Strengthened il
out satisfactorily.
The other day we said that there
could be no great improvements in
morals until we restore the thorough
and efficient system of family educa-
ton and government which formerly
prevailed. What we said applies di.
rectly to this cigarette evil. If boys
are to be allowed to be their own mas.
tiers, choose their companions and dis
pose of their time. we may rest as.
sured that the majority will pick ur
many vices that will injure them in the
future.
Do you want your boy to grow NJ
pure, honest, sober. Industrious? Be
gin your work on him at home, and
keep at it. Good laws and good school:
can never take the place of the old
fashioned family training.
We can't afford to have lot of to-
bacco hearts and congested brain.
pushed into society and business cir
cles. The great problems and gigan
tic concerns of this age demand men
who enjoy the largest measure Of
physical and mental health. We must
have them at any cost. If they car
not be produced under our present
system, let us go back in some degree
to the common sense simplicity of oul
fathers. 1t will not hurt the young
sters; it will be their salvation in more
ways than one.-Atlanta Constitution.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
NEW FANCY WORK.
How to Crochet Pretty Silk Stockings and
Comfortable Mitts.

How to Crochet Pretty Silk Stoclkings and
Comfortable Mitts.
The newest kind of fancy work IS the
crocheting of silk stockings. They
can be made in about one-half the
time it would require to knit them,
and, although not quite so durable, are
more open and consequently cooler. A
fine crochet hook and four spools Of
knitting silk are required.
Make chain long enough to pass
around the upper part of u stocking
of the proper size and to lap over
twenty stitches; join. First row: Make
three chain, skip one on the. first
chain, catch down; make three chain,
skip one, catch down. ETC.. to the end
of the row. Second row: The chain
begins in the center of the three on
first row; it is not to be fastened in the
stitch, but about it, so that it will slip;
make three chain and catch about the
center of the next three on the first
row, and SO on for quarter of a yard.
then skip one group of three, make
five rows. skip another. then five moro
rows, and SO ON, until the ankle 10
reached.
The first row on the ankle should be
made a. the back to form the heel;
crochet enough loops to 60 about tho
heel of the pattern stocking. then turn
and 90 back and forth until
long enough; double in two and
crochet together at the bottom. thus
forming = heel pocket. For the foot
begin at the seam of the heel and
crochet about across the front of the
ankle and down to the other side to
join the start and so on, narrowing
gradually toward the toe.
These stockings are very elastic and
should lack several inches of being -
long as the usual size worn. They are
very cool and comfortable.
Mitts made in the same stitch arc
also pretty. The start is made as far
up on the arm as one wishes them to
come and gradually tapered toward
the wrist, then out again until the
thumb is reached. Five or six loops
are caught together to form the
thumb, and four rows are crocheted
ON to this, and two more on che hand
part A little narrow scallop finishes
top and bottom. and three rows Of the
same scallop are placed on the back
N. 7. Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
Interesting Information Concernlng
Invention and Construction.

Interesting Information Concerning IT.
Invention and Construction.
The art of knitting stockings is salt
to have originated in Scotland abou
the close of the fifteenth century. Ii
less than a hundred years it gave rise
to such an industry that on the frs,
attempt to apply machinery to it-ir
the invention of the stocking frame by
William Lee, in 1589-the short-sight.
ed government refused letters patent
to the new invention, on the plea that
it would destroy the market for hand.
made goods and ruin thousands o.
stocking-knitters Lee took his ma
chine to France and established 9
factory at Rouen, but he was soor
driven from this place by politica
troubles, and died on his way t.
England, having reaped nothing but
loss from his valuable invention. Hi
brother took it up. secured & patent
for it, and established q stocking
factory in Nottinghamshire. Eng,
which has ever since been the center
of stocking manufacture in England.
The Lee machines were introduced
into this country in the eighteenth
century, first into Philadelphia and
Germantown. then into New York
City and other places. The adapta-
ton of the machine to power was first
accomplished by Timothy Bailey. Of
Albany, in 1881, and the first machine
thus run was at Cohoes, N. Y, in 1882.
The original stocking frame produced
a straight strip of web. of any length
desired. which was cut up and
formed into the shape Of the stocking;
later, it is not known exactly when,
this was improved upon by q frame
producing a circular web. to be cut of
in proper lengths and shaped. The
knitting machine is very complicated
in its mechanism. though the simple
principle of forming loops in success
sion on a single thread, each one
locked by that which follows it. is the
one essential of its work. There are .
number of machines in use, distin-
guished by the kind of needles they
use. and also by the manner in which
these are arranged, whether on .
straight horizontal line, all pointing
the same way, or around an open hori-
zontal circle all pointing toward tho
center. The latter are known as the
rotary round machines. Every needle
is hooked at the end so as to hold the
thread for each loop. while the loop
previously formed on the same needle
slips back on the shank as the needle 10
pushed forward, and on its return runs
over the hook and OF the end In the
straight frames the work is done first
across the needles in turn in one direc-
ton and then back in the other. and so
on, but in the rotary round machines
the needles are carried constantly
round in the same direction. each one
taking up the thread in turn. The
machines made for family use are all
simpler than those for factory work.
are worked by crank or treadle. are
much smaller, and use fewer stitches
Toledo Blade.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29

Forget him! IT. the maiden said,
And fondly smiling shook her head.
- Forget the bouquets, bud and rose,
OF Mareschal Neils and Jacqueminots,
With which this most artistic youth
Has wOoed me o whole month, forsOothr
These are not tokens forget,
And deep within my heart are set.
- Forget him' All the dainty words
He's used, comparing me to birds.
And saying how the lilies sigh
AS !, more graceful, pass them by?
And how the tints upon my cheek
Pure thoughts within my heart bespeaki
It's true I've heard the same before,
But what we like will bear encore.
rs Forget hinF With the perfect tie
To his cravat! And clothes that lie
Without a wrinkle-such q form!
And eyeglass. that averts the storm
OF commonplace impertinence.
And eyes Of languid eloQuence!
And sweet mustache. that, dropping low,
Yet can not hide his red lips bow!
C. All! never, nerer.-till see
A youth who owns more wealth than he.'
- It'd 2ifS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
AFTER THE BOOM.
A Dakota Real Estate Agents Way 81
Figuring Up His Profits.

A Dakota Rsal-Estat Agents Way %
Figuring Up His Profits.
THE rcal-estate season must be about
over" said friend to real-estato
agent in Dakota town which has en-
joyed an unprecedented boom.
Eyes things will be rather quiet
now till next spring"
Ibid you make much out Of tho
boom?"
'Oh, yes. we did pretty well; though
we were to considerable expense and
had some heavy losses"
What expenses do You refer to-
Office rent?''
Eyes. partly but then that isn't
very heavy; this Office only costs us two
dollars a month. The biggest expense
was paying our share for having the
thirteen railroads surveyed into this
place. That cost US about q hundred
dollars"
..But they will be surveyed for next
year so you won't have that expense
then"
Eyes, but we're liable to have to
put two or three men with teams and
scrapers out on one of the roads in the
spring-can't sell real-estate always
on surveys alone. Then we had to pay
a hundred dollars towards descrip-
ton of the boom in the St Paul and
Minneapolis papers. and another hum
dred for livery bills. and fifty dollars
towards paying the men we hired to
drive around the streets and saw on
the lines and act in an awful hurry
every time any land buyers came to
town."
"How about that street-car?'
Eyes, we had to chip in ten dollars
toward that, and expect that next
year we'll have to lay some track and
hire . man to drive the car back and
forth-the Eastern capitalists win be-
gin to get onto the scheme Of having
that car stand there in the mud"
''What were some Of the losses you
spoke OFF,
well. tramp who happened to b
pretty we'll dressed said he was from
Chicago. and only waiting for q remit
lance to buy heavily Of our real estate.
We believed him. guaranteed his board
at the hotel for = week. and then ha
skipped"
'.Was that all?''
"Oh, no. A man nom Omaha beat
me out of two hundred dollars at poker
and then left without buying lot
Then we cashed bogus checks and lent
money to men from St Louis to tho
extent Of some three hundred. Then
= ministerial-appearing chap from
Milwaukee bought block to build An
orphan asylum ON and managed to 9es
the deed and skip without paying .
cent. Take it altogether. though. I
don'tknow as we can complain-lguess
We cleared about forty thousand Aer IL
season. "-Dakoto Bell
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
A Candid Author.

Al see that in the preface to your
book YOU state it is written to fill q
long-felt want.
B.-Yes; and so it is.
What do you mean by filing q
long-felt want?"
what do I mean? Why. I've been
needing square meal for the past two
years. Don't you call that long-felt
want7"-1eras Sitlings.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29

-"That is rather shabby pair Of
trousers you have on for man OF
your position" Eyes. sir; but clothes
do not make the man. What If my
trousers are shabby and worm They
cover warm heart, sir. 81 L0ais
Smndav C-:':e
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29

The young man who is to be mar
-ied is not the only one who has
pressing" engagements The tailor
has them also.-NeTchaas TforeleN
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29

There are not half dozen left
handed BARRIERS in the country.